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CHAPTER 13
Powers and Prerogatives of the House
A. GENERALLY
Sec. 2. Admitting States to the Union
Article IV, section 3, clause 1, empowers Congress to admit new
states to the Union. No new state may be formed within the jurisdiction
of any other state or by the junction of two or more states, or parts
of states, without the consent of the legislatures of the two states
concerned as well as the Congress.(2)
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2. See House Rules and Manual Sec. 216 (1973); and Constitution of the
United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation, S. Doc.
No. 9282, 92d Cong. 2d Sess., pp. 842-845 (1973) for discussion
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Alaska
Sec. 2.1 The House and Senate agreed to a bill admitting Alaska into
the Union.
The House on May 28, 1958,(3) and the Senate on June 30,
1958,(4) agreed to H.R. 7999, admitting Alaska into the
Union. The measure was approved on July 7, 1958.(5)
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3. 104 Cong. Rec. 9756, 9757, 85th Cong. 2d Sess.
4. Id. at p. 12650.
5. 572 Stat. 339 (Pub. L. No. 85-508).
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Hawaii
Sec. 2.2 The Senate and House agreed to a bill admitting Hawaii into
the Union.
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The Senate on Mar. 11, 1959,6 and the House on Mar. 12,
1959,7 agreed to S. 50 admitting Hawaii into the Union. The
House agreed to S. 50 in lieu of H.R. 4221.8 S. 50 was
approved on Mar. 18, 1959.9
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6. 105 Cong. Rec. 3890, 86th Cong. 1st Sess.
7. Id. at pp. 4038, 4039.
8. See 105 Cong. Rec. 4005, 86th Cong. 1st Sess., Mar. 12, 1959, for
the unanimous-consent agreement to consider S. 50 in lieu of
H.R. 4221.
9. 73 Stat. 4 (Pub. L. No. 86-3).
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